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SHUTTEB. PASTENER.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIS WV. RUSSELL, OF NORWOOD, AND JOHN VALT, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

SHUTTER-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,551, dated April12, 1892.

Application iiled .Tuly 1,1891. Serial No. 398,119. (No model.)

i of Norwood, Hamilton county, Ohio, and JOHN IVALT, of Cincinnati,Hamilton county, Ohio, both citizens ot the United States, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Shutter-Fasteners; and we dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to shutter-fasteners of the kind where themechanism is inclosed inside of a housing located midwayon thewindow-sill between sash and shutters, portions ot these two latter whenclosed also forming parts of this housing and completely closing it.

The novel features consist of the mechanical details of a constructionby which one catch may be used for two hooks,.which are set at theextreme outer ends of each shutter, so as to permit the catch and itshousing to be reduced to a minimum width,whereby the whole device ismade more compact and reduced to the possible smallest space, the hooksbeing shaped in a peculiar manner, whereby they are prevented frombinding on each other while the shutters are being closed.

Our invention is more particularly described and pointed out in thefollowing speciiication and claim, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a vertical section through the lowerpart of a window, showing shutters locked. Fig. 2 shows in a similarview the parts in a position immediately preceding their completeengagement. Fig. 3 shows the housing with catch disengaged. Fig. 4 is atop View of the lower part of the window, showing one shutter closed andlocked and one open. Fig. 5 shows in a top View the catch and the twohooks in engagement with each other, the housing inclosing the catchbeing omitted.

6 is the lower part of the inner and lower sash.

7 is the lower part of the shutters, and 8 the window-sill.

9 is a housing secured to the window-sill midway between its ends andreaching from the shutters over to the lower sash-rail 10. It isprovided with llanges 11 11, by which it is secured to the window-sill.

12 is a hook-shaped catch provided with lugs 1 3 13, through which a pin14. passes. This pin 14 also passes through the sides 15 15 of thehousing and serves as a pivot on which catch 12 swings.

16 is a spring encircling pin 14, one of its ends resting against thesill, the other bear ing against the under side of the rear end of thecatch, causing the front or hooked end of the same to press downwardly.

17 17 are the hooks, provided with a base '18, by which they are securedto the shutters in line with their eXtreme outer edges. Their hookedends are4 beveled to facilitate their engagement with catch 12, the endof which is similarly beveled. (See Fig. 2.) These hooks are alsobeveled 'at 19 (see Fig. 4) to permit them to clear and pass each otherwhen the shutters are being closed. Without this bevel the hookscouldnot be set so close together and the catch would have to becorrespondingly broader. The shutters may be closed simultaneously orone after the other. In either case the beveled hooks will clear eachother and pass under and lift the catch, as shown in Fig. 2. Afterhaving passed in the proper distance the catch will close down upon thehooks and be held there by spring 16. It will be seen that when thewindow and shutters are closed the lock is positively inaccessible foroperation, the two former closing the two open ends ot' the housing.

For the purpose ot' opening the shutters in the proper and legitimateway the lower window-sash is unlocked and raised, which opens the innerend of the housing and gives access to the .rear end of the catch. Thisend is depressed, causing the hooked front end to disengage from thehooks of the shutters, which latter may now readily be pushed open,leaving the catch as shown in Fig. 3.

Having described our invention, we consider and claim as new- IOO In ashutter-fastener of the kind described, the combination, with two hookssecured to the extreme outer edges of the shutters and beveled in ahorizontal and vertical plane, as shown at 19, of a catch not wider thanthe combined width of the two hooks and having two lugs projecting fromits under side, a flanged housing reaching from shutters t0 sash, theends of which are closed by portions of these two latter, a pin passingthrough the sides of said housing, and the lugs on the under side of thecatch serving as a pivot for the latter and a support for a coilspring

